계절

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season

🍂🌸 季節 = season (季) + joint/segment (節): a segment of the year

계 (季) means season, and 절 (節) means a joint or segment, like the nodes on bamboo. Together: one of the jointed sections the year divides into. 절 also appears in 명절 (holiday) and 관절 (body joint).

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